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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that studies issues relevant to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advances in distance learning enable people in all parts of the world to participate in online classes. MOOC courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that e-learning organizations are dealing with today because online education technology is advancing so swiftly. How can organizations be assured that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC courses is respectable? How can learners make sure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Princeton University to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions deal with the issues of poor motivation and high dropout rates?

As electronic educational technology becomes more procurable there is a necessity to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and many other stakeholders would like to better understand the outcomes of these important new open educational undertakings. Scholars want to better understand how MOOC courses can be improved. To meet this increasing desideratum for information the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational subjects. This book also considers the most important controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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